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Post by lindy on May 21, 2011 10:16:42 GMT -5
Boyfriend!  Enhanced by Aquariussue7, taken by Qotag no words |
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Post by aurora on May 21, 2011 10:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by melliemom on May 21, 2011 10:17:18 GMT -5
Yesterday it was time for bday wishes, now it's time to say welcome konata. Nice that you joined us.  thank you  and thanks for the birthday wishes, guys!  Welcome Konata.. MY DH & I Visited St. Petersburg a number of years ago... lots of museums and culture.. The Hermitage was amazing. Hope Adam gets a huge Welcome in Moscow... wish I could go... |
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Post by kittykay on May 21, 2011 10:22:51 GMT -5
Lots of good things about Adam but, wow, look at this really groundbreaking idea Kris has for his new album: "These days, Allen finds himself in Los Angeles, working on a follow-up. "The first one happened really fast because that's the nature of the beast," he says. "With the second one, I've been able to spend some time on it." Now 25, Allen is mapping out which direction the yet-to-be-titled CD will take. But this much is sure: He plans to write or co-write all of the tracks. "It's mostly going to be a mix (of genres), but not a mix that people won't understand," he says. "I grew up listening to a lot of different kinds of music -- whether it was R&B, country, pop music or rock -- and it's all going to be in there because that's the way this generation is. People my age or younger listen to everything."  : :-/  sounds familar..like I've read this before in someone else's interview That was so 2009. Some set the treads, some follow. |
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Post by seashell on May 21, 2011 10:24:39 GMT -5
sounds familar..like I've read this before in someone else's interview That was so 2009. Some set the treads, some follow.  |
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Post by JazzRocks on May 21, 2011 10:25:35 GMT -5
mindchnger mindchnger so Markus had a harmonie photobooth at his bday party last night... there better be boyfrond pics  /entitled stan Can we hope???????? |
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Post by mayumi on May 21, 2011 10:29:16 GMT -5
YUP - did the same thing, house is sparkling clean so just in case I get "raptured", they can't say I left a messy house - just like my mama said, "always wear a clean underwear" - LOL !!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR, DEAR MANGOKAT! LOVE YOU GIRLFRIEND...HOPE YOU AND MR. MANGOKAT CELEBRATE IN A BIG WAY BEFORE YOU GET RAPTURED TOO ----SEE YOU AT 6 PM ON THE OTHER SIDE ...... Happy Birthday also to Lynne560 and WELCOME to all newbies - cannot keep up with all the birthdays and newcomers - it is all good! |
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Post by justgill on May 21, 2011 10:30:36 GMT -5
Unfortunately, all too familiar  |
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Post by Zinnia on May 21, 2011 10:35:03 GMT -5
Yeah, no sighting of the rapture here either  . I did all that home cleaning stuff a bit earlier already :D. Now wondering what DVD to choose to watch... nothing else to do at the moment. |
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Post by Q3 on May 21, 2011 10:40:08 GMT -5
The Adam-Kiss moment just brought back a flood of memories for me.
The Idol producers said they had someone really special for Adam to duet with on the Finale. Fans speculated that it would be Bowie, Queen, Guns n' Roses, Zeppelin, etc. Adam said he was doing his duet with someone really cool. Fans imaginations got ever wilder -- some put forward that it would be Adam + Bowie + Queen.
Then they announced Adam was singing with KISS and I was really upset -- I thought it was a tacky joke. Think about it in the context of Ryan's "the guy next store vs. guy liner" comments. The producers also announced that Kris would be dueting with Keith Urban. Kris fans were so excited about the choice -- except for a few who feared he would go "country" -- they were slated to perform Urban's big hit, "Kiss a Girl".
The response was really telling -- the result more so.
Kris made a public comment that he was not country. Here is what he said as reported on a country blog --- "That's not my cup of music and not the feeling that I want in my album." He went on to say that he respects Urban and enjoyed performing with him. But Allen made it clear that he wants to make music that "moves people." Like country doesn't?
Adam, on the other hand, not only embraced the KISS performance opportunity -- he owned the moment. He got to do a solo showcase with Beth then prove he was a better rock singer than Gene Simmons could ever hope to be. (It is funny that later another "kiss" would make him infamous.) That performance remains one of my favorite Adam performances ever. (I was expecting disaster.)
Then to cap the whole thing off -- the show ended with the Adam+Queen performance. Clearly booked to showcase Adam -- win or not.
Two years later -- Kris' performance with Keith Urban has been mostly forgotten and didn't force him to become a country artist. But did spin off negative PR with country fans.
Adam managed to create a lasting Idol moment out of a performance with a once great lunch-box metal band trying to make a comeback and spin it into a ton of positive PR. Gene Simmons just amped it all up by saying that Adam was not a "rock singer" after the performance and then saying Adam ruined his career by coming out after the RS cover was published.
That one performance is what taught me not to worry about Adam. He is absolutely brilliant about how to turn a situation to his benefit. Does everything work out? No. But mostly, he has forged the way to be successful on his own terms.
(Got to go watch the video of the Adam-Kiss performance again.)
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and thanks for the birthday wishes, guys! 
/entitled stan
* AL Nov. 5th, 2011
